The DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification posted the following announcement on its webpage:

Extension of H-2A Transition Procedures

On April 16, 2009 the Department published an Interim Final Rule extending the transition procedures in the H-2A Final Rule published in December 2008. This Interim Final Rule extends the transition period of the application filing procedures currently in effect for all H-2A employers with a date of need on or before July 1, 2009. The IFR extends the transition procedures to applications filed with a date of need before January 1, 2010. To see the IFR, click here. Persons interested in submitting comments may do so in the manner indicated in the IFR by May 18, 2009.